Palestinian Family Mourns Eight Relatives Killed In One Attack As Israeli Airstrike Death Toll Reaches 85 And Their Response To Hamas Rockets Continues -- Daily Mail
* Israel has continued its aerial offensive in Gaza for third day as militants fired rockets at Israeli cities
* The Health Ministry in Gaza has reported 85 deaths so far as eight members of family were killed in Israeli airstrike
* U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the rocket attacks and urged Israel to show restraint
* Israel says its offensive is aimed at halting the rocket fire at its cities from the Gaza Strip
* It said more than 200 rockets have been fired during the campaign, striking deep into the country's heartland
Eight members of the same family, including five children, have been killed in Israel's Gaza offensive which has claimed 85 lives since it began its retaliation for Hamas rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities.
Palestinian medical officials said a strike early Thursday struck a home in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing eight members of the Al Haj family.
Earlier, at least eight others were killed when a strike hit a Gaza beach café where they were watching the World Cup semi-final match between Argentina and the Netherlands, said Mahmoud Sawali, who said he lost at least two of his brothers in the attack.
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